In a significant announcement, Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev on Thursday said that the party would abolish the Triple Talaq law if it was voted to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Speaking at the AICC minorities convention in the presence of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Dev said the focus of the Triple Talaq Bill was not to empower Muslim women but to penalise Muslim men. Advertising“I promise that the Congress party will come to power in 2019 and will scrap the Triple Talaq law. In January, the government re-promulgated the ordinance banning the practice of instant triple talaq, which attracts a jail term of three years for the husband. “Rahul Gandhi says that if Congress comes to power, it will scrap triple talaq law.

Source: Indian Express February 07, 2019 10:07 UTC